Steven Isserlis, cello and Jeremy Denk, piano / Edoardo Ballerini, reader - The 92nd Street Y, New York

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The Bach-Mendelssohn Connection

Steven Isserlis, cello and Jeremy Denk, piano

Edoardo Ballerini, reader
Steven Isserlis, Jeremy Denk and Edoardo Ballerini

World-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis joins us to perform selections from one of Bach’s greatest masterworks, the emotional and spiritual journey that is his Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.

Illuminating his performance: a reading from his acclaimed book, The Bach Cello Suites, A Companion by Edoardo Ballerini, actor and award-winning narrator of audiobooks by Amor Towles, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Isabel Allende, and many others.

In the second half of the program, Isserlis and Denk perform two Mendelssohn works, including the composer’s passionate D-Major Sonata – a work Fanny Mendelssohn frequently programmed in her salons, and ideal ground for these two musicians’ amazing artistry.

  • J.S. Bach, Selections from Unaccompanied Cello Suites
  • Reading from Isserlis’ The Bach Cello Suites - A Companion
  • Mendelssohn, Variations Concertantes for Cello and Piano, Op.17
  • Mendelssohn, Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58

Concert available for viewing online for 72 hours from time of broadcast.

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Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini is an actor, narrator and writer. He is a two-time winner of the Audio Publishers Associations Best Male Narrator Award …

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